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scubasteve
Poult
Joined: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:55 pm Posts: 6
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SPRING TURKEY 2012
Just found out that I will be hunting in Virginia for Spring Turkey this year to attend a school. Where are all of the good places to hunt around Newport News, VA? I would like to have a plan as to where I am going to be hunting before I get out there. Thanks for all the help!
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Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:00 pm |
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TScottW99
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:59 pm Posts: 2851 Location: Roanoke
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Re: SPRING TURKEY 2012
Wish I could help but I am on the other side of the state. Hopefully someone can chime in and help you.
_________________ "What gets us jangly is the suddenness of everything. We hunt turkeys because we want to hear them gobble, watch them strut and all that, and we hunt them with shotguns because we want to be close to them when those things occur." - Jim Spencer
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Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:59 am |
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Jeff S.
2 Year Old
Joined: Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:56 pm Posts: 96 Location: Northern Virginia
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Re: SPRING TURKEY 2012
I am from around D.C. but I know that AP Hill has a lot of birds. Just check and see what the requirements are to hunt on the base. Quantico is now doing background checks that take a day or two for non-military hunters.
I also hunt in some of the North Eastern counties of North Carolina and always see birds.
Good Luck!
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Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:58 pm |
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scubasteve
Poult
Joined: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:55 pm Posts: 6
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Re: SPRING TURKEY 2012
Thanks I will give the people at AP Hill a call tomorrow, alittle bit of a drive from Newport News but it will be worth it.
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Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:03 pm |
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WVBOY
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3037 Location: Powhatan, VA
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Re: SPRING TURKEY 2012
I don't live there either.. but have heard others talk about Chickahomony WMA having birds .. but being crowded.. good luck..
_________________ RB
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Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:58 pm |
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T.W.
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:02 am Posts: 561
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Re: SPRING TURKEY 2012
Unless you have access to private land there isn't very good public land that close to you. I would make a couple trips to the mountains.
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Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:10 pm |
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804camaro
Jake
Joined: Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:25 am Posts: 45
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Re: SPRING TURKEY 2012
you will have a lot more public land if you head towards richmond area... cumberland state forest is a good place... you just have to get a state forest stamp which is only $16 i believe
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:52 am |
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scubasteve
Poult
Joined: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:55 pm Posts: 6
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Re: SPRING TURKEY 2012
I'll give Richmond a try also, is it very crowded with hunters around the Cumberland forest?
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Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:31 am |
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804camaro
Jake
Joined: Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:25 am Posts: 45
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Re: SPRING TURKEY 2012
more so on the weekends, but it is big enough that everyone can have their own pull in
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Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:04 pm |
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